TV series

Cribb

Name: Cribb
Released: 1980
Cast: Alan Dobie, William Simons, David Waller

1980–1981· 2 seasons· 60 min episodes★ 8.0Ended

On ITV1 — From Granada Television

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Synopsis

Victorian England, the late 1800s: Detective Sergeant Daniel Cribb of the newly formed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is determined to remove crime from the streets of London using the latest detection methods.

Themes

scotland yard based on novel or book detective inspector victorian england period drama police detective 19th century police procedural police crime drama 1880s

Episodes

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E1 WaxworkNext upApr 13, 1980 · 79 min
Synopsis
Cribb is called in when doubt emerges over the guilt of a murderess due to hang shortly.
Guest stars: David Waller (CI Jowett), Carol Royle (Miriam Cromer), David Ashford (Simon Allingham), Gerald Sim (DI Waterlow), Susie Blake (Lottie Piper), Joanne Zorian (Judith Honeycutt), Elspeth March (Dorothea Davenant), Laurence Payne (Raymond Cromer)
E2 Swing, Swing TogetherApr 20, 1980 · 52 min
Synopsis
After a young woman discovers a body floating in the Thames, Cribb and Thackeray search for the killers—noting similarities to the recently published 'Three Men in a Boat'.
Guest stars: William Simons (PC Edward Thackeray), Heather James (Harriet Shaw), Albert Welling (PC Hardy), Ronald Lacey (Percy Bustard), Brian Rawlinson (Jim Hackett), Mark Burns (John Fernandez), Ronald Russell (John Fernandez Snr), Jane How (Melanie Bonner-Hill)
E3 AbracadaverApr 20, 1980 · 52 min
Synopsis
After a series of accidents to performers, Cribb and Thackeray enter the music hall scene where they uncover the existence of late-night secret performances for wealthy spectators.
Guest stars: William Simons (PC Edward Thackeray), David Waller (CI Jowett), Wendy Holloway (Lola Pinkus), Valerie Holloway (Bella Pinkus), Derek Tansley (Buckmaster), Julia Chambers (Ellen Blake), Ian Collier (Albert), Peggy Ann Clifford (Albert's Mother)
E4 The Detective Wore Silk DrawersApr 27, 1980 · 51 min
Synopsis
When headless male corpses are found floating in the river, the common link is scarred hands, which points to participation in illegal bare-knuckle boxing.
Guest stars: William Simons (PC Edward Thackeray), David Waller (CI Jowett), Barry Andrews (PC Henry Jago), Norma West (Isabel Vibart), Mark Eden (Edmund Vibart), David Hargreaves (Robert D'Estin), Alfie Curtis (Matt Beckett), David Rhule (The Ebony)
E5 The Horizontal WitnessMay 4, 1980 · 48 min
Synopsis
A key player in London's vice world is found dead in one of his own brothels. An unreliable witness with a score to settle claims to know the murderer but wants to make a deal with the police.
Guest stars: William Simons (PC Edward Thackeray), David Waller (CI Jowett), Elizabeth Bennett (Sister Armstrong), John Ringham (James Hepplewhite), Norman Jones (Joe Calhoun), James Coyle (Charles Vokins), Jennifer Guy (Flossie), Jean Warren (Alice)
E6 Wobble to DeathMay 11, 1980 · 51 min
Synopsis
The Pedestrian Championship of the World is taking place in London, and Cribb and Thackeray are on hand to prevent foul play between the various competitors.
Guest stars: William Simons (PC Edward Thackeray), Andrew Burt (Erskine Chadwick), Archie Tew (Charles Darrell), Kenneth Cranham (Francis Mostyn-Smith), Michael Elphick (Sol Herriott), Alex Johnston (Harvey), Ray Jewers (Sam Monk), Robert Austin (Walter Jacobson)
E7 Something Old, Something NewMay 18, 1980 · 51 min
Synopsis
When Cribb accompanies Thackeray to the countryside wedding of an old friend of his father to a much younger woman, he soon begins to suspect that the intentions of the bride and her family are not entirely honourable.
Guest stars: William Simons (PC Edward Thackeray), Charlotte Mitchell (Mrs Winter), Sally Osborne (Daphne Winter), Alison Glennie (Denise Winter), Geoffrey Bayldon (Uncle Ezra Winter), Arthur Hewlett (Henry Russell), Ivor Salter (Sexton), George Waring (Dr Burden)
E8 A Case of SpirtsMay 25, 1980 · 53 min
Synopsis
Two robberies at the homes of medium patrons seem rather more than coincidence, and Cribb is called to investigate a death certainly not perpetrated by somebody from the spirit world.
Guest stars: William Simons (PC Edward Thackeray), Thorley Walters (CI Jowett), Clive Swift (Dr Probert), Georgine Anderson (Winifred Probert), Emma Jacobs (Alice Probert), Judy Cornwell (Miss Crush), Christopher Hancock (Mr Strathmore), Michael Barrington (Professor Quayle)